Editorial Page In Our Opinion on Heart Transplants
The editorial argues that opposition to heart transplants centers on tissue rejection and defining death, noting early risks and ethical questions. It cites Forssmann, the Soviet ban, and Dr. Christian Barnard, urging doctors to pursue treatment with all means while upholding donor and patient care standards. The piece frames the core issue as whether physicians may continue treatment to save the patient using available means.
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South Africa
Soviet Union
Paul S. Russell
Harvard Medical School
Philip Blaiberg
Christian Bernard
University of Cape Town Medical School
American Trial Lawyers Association
More young Americans turning good says market check
Paul Harvey reports a Columbus study finding rising home making and gardening activity among youth. FBI crime trends seem to contradict, yet the survey and A C Niesen figures show increased 4 H membership sewing and canning as margins of youth shift toward responsibility. Gardening grows nationwide with more home canning jars sold.
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Paul Harvey
FBI
Columbus
Ohio
A. C. Niesen
Kerr
The Needle Drugged by Floral Folly in Jest
A humorous verse notes the trouble with flowers lies in upkeep not cost. It asks why a woman who loves blooms marries a man who hates gardening and jokes about spring cleaning as transplanting furniture. It ends by urging to tell a wife obsessed with gardening to mind the national debt.
Johnson weighs resumed air attacks as truce talks stall
Washington reports President Johnson was ready to renew full air strikes on North Vietnam when Viet Cong reportedly pushed a truce site impasse. A defector code named Hanoi 8 and captured documents allegedly confirmed plans for a major Saigon embassy attack. Johnson faced pressure as intelligence warned of delays and possible June timing amid Paris talks.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
Joint Chiefs
Saigon
Hanoi 8
U.S
Paris
Laos
United Nations
Congress
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Is and Means
Alice Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
LBJ
Harry Truman
Truman
Senate
Stalin
Churchill
Olympic politics and world bias threaten amateur ideal
In this Washington column, Don MacLean laments the politicization of the Olympic movement, arguing nations and policies risk disqualifying athletes. He notes South Africa's ban and questions whether other nations’ laws and prejudice will bar competitors, predicting a future of scant participation. The piece weaves in cynicism toward demonstrations and a brief etymology of the dandelion’s name.
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Don Maclean
Washington
South Africa
Australia
Ireland
United States
U.S
Japan
Greece
France
Charles de Gaulle
Brazil
Rockefeller faces Iowa delegates in bid to blunt Nixon lead
Washington News Rocky describes Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s direct appeals to Iowa’s GOP delegates in Des Moines to sway Nixon skeptics. The piece notes Iowa’s delegate split, Rockefeller’s Ike-like courtship strategy, and polls showing him strong against Democrats, with potential boosts from endorsements and Kennedy dynamics.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Rockefeller
Des Moines
Massachusetts
Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
New York
Denver
Ike
Chicago
New Yorker
Philadelphia
GOP
Robert Kennedy
Connecticut Rioters and the Riot Act of 1784
Russell Kirk cites Connecticut’s 1784 Riot Act defining a riot as three or more people assembling to commit unlawful acts by force or violence. It punished offenders with fines up to ten pounds, up to six months’ imprisonment, or up to forty lashes, and offered indemnity to officers dispersing rioters. The piece contrasts past and present responses to civil disorder and questions civil rights limits.
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Russell Kirk
America
Manhattan
Grover Cleveland
Republic
Connecticut
Ann Arbor
Local letters support Park Street baseball diamond expansion
Readers respond to the Park Street School field project as the E R Warren Babe Ruth team rebuilds the diamond from 60 to 90 feet. Community members donate equipment and labor while officials welcome Little League and Babe Ruth use. The note thanks all supporters and urges further input.
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E. R. Warren Lions
Park St
Babe Ruth
Roland Toussaint
Robert H. Brown
Tom Stanley
Kennebunk - Kennebunket and
Wells Water District
Linwood
Ueau
Fire Department
Kennebunk Kennebunkport and Arundel Athletic Boosters Club
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
V. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Postittice
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Paul Harvey News
Harold Coffin
Drew Pearson
Olav
Norway
Theodore Roosevelt
Humphrey
Warren
White House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Carl
Minnesota
John McCormack
Boston
George Moon
Texas
Wilbur
Arkansan
Iceland
Denmark
Bobby
South Vietnam
Washington News
Rocky
People’s Forum
Journal
Park Street Diamond
Yours Truly
Francis Lamontagne
Ron Graffam
Omer Butler
Merle Romprey
Liddeford- Saco Journal
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